In addition to bringing back its breakout hit Heroes, NBC will introduce a six-episode spinoff, titled Heroes: Origins.

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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the NBC show Heroes, and the iPhone, for instance, are favorites among Diggers.

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Even with NBC fully backing Heroes, they still had to skimp on special effects, which is a bummer for a superhero show.

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Jean-Louis, who is best known as "The Haitian" on the NBC series "Heroes, " returned from Haiti only a couple of weeks ago after spending the holidays with his parents.

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Among them: General Electric unit NBC recently ordered up a Robin Hood drama called The Philanthropist, ABC nabbed the Heroes-esque series Section 8, and News Corp. network FOX got its hand on an office drama titled Queen Bee.

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Among them: General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ) unit NBC recently ordered up a Robin Hood drama called The Philanthropist, ABC nabbed the Heroes-esque series Section 8, and News Corp. (nyse: NWS - news - people ) network FOX got its hand on an office drama titled Queen Bee.

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Despite the fourth-place standing of General Electric 's NBC, Reilly delivered critically acclaimed newcomers like 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights as well as hits like Heroes and The Office.

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Despite the fourth-place standing of General Electric 's (nyse: GE - news - people ) NBC, Reilly delivered critically acclaimed newcomers like 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights as well as hits like Heroes and The Office.

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